/Issued 5:41 PM CDT, Monday, April 16, 2018/
Source: https://www.weather.gov/mqt/
Snowfall total map for the April 14-16 winter storm
Source: https://lab.weathermodels.com
Unbelievable how much snow has fallen the past 3 days, and the extent of the heavy snowfall of over 6 inches is impressive for mid April!
Source: https://www.weather.gov/arx/
Radar loop from Friday, April 13 through Sunday, April 15, 2018
Source: https://lab.weathermodels.com
Incredibly cold April so over much of the U.S. with the greatest departures from average covering the northern Rockies, northern Plains and upper Midwest. Warmer than average spots, southwest U.S. and central/southern Florida.
Source: http://weather.cod.edu
Powerful storm is still spinning away as it slowly pulls away from the Great Lakes, it’ll take another 12 hours or so before it finally moves away from the Great Lakes.
Source: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/regsci/gis/index.html
It’s been an active last few days not only in the snow department, but also with severe weather. The map below shows all the severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings that were issued by the National Weather Service over the past few days. Even had the first severe thunderstorms this spring in parts of southern Minnesota, southern Wisconsin and southeast South Dakota this past Friday.
Source: http://www.pivotalweather.com/
Winter Storm Watch for late Tuesday night through Wednesday night for far southern Minnesota, northern Iowa (Blue area on map)
Storm Snowfall Totals from past 48 hours
Source: https://www.weather.gov/dlh/
1 WSW Maple, WI: 21.9 inches
3 N Butternut, WI: 18.0 inches
1 WSW Saxon, WI: 16.0 inches
Lake Nebagamon, WI: 16.0 inches
Ashland, WI: 15.7 inches
Gile, Wisconsin: 14.8 inches
2 NW Washburn, WI: 14.0 inches
McKinley, MN: 14.0 inches
4 N Floodwood, MN: 14.0 inches
Duluth Airport: 13.4 inches
1 SW Bayfield, WI: 13.0 inches
3 E Wright, MN: 12.3 inches
3 W Clam Lake, WI: 12.0 inches
4 S Earl, WI: 12.0 inches
2 NW Gary New Duluth, MN: 12.0 inches
14 W Isabella, MN: 11.0 inches
Island Lake, MN: 10.8 inches
2 W Hayward, WI: 10.5 inches
Sarona, WI: 10.3 inches
Hurley, WI: 10.0 inches
Wrenshall, MN: 10.0 inches
Chisholm, MN: 9.7 inches
Hovland, MN: 9.0 inches
2 S Siren, WI: 8.8 inches
5 NE Arnold, MN: 8.3 inches
Gordon, WI: 8.3 inches
Embarrass, MN: 8.0 inches
Ely, MN: 8.0 inches
7 N McGregor, MN: 6.7 inches
1 NW Two Harbors, MN: 6.5 inches
Wolf Ridge, MN: 6.2 inches
Orr, MN: 6.0 inches
Silver Bay, MN: 5.8 inches
Brainerd, MN: 5.5 inches
8 S Bigfork, MN: 5.4 inches
6 SSW Grand Rapids, MN: 5.1 inches
Kelly Lake, MN: 4.1 inches
International Falls, MN: 1.9 inches
*Historic Snowstorm shatters records at Duluth, Minnesota on Sunday, April 15, 2018*
Record maximum single day snowfall set for the month of April
New Record: 12.7 inches set on April 15, 2018
Old Record: 12.1 inches set on April 3, 2007
Record daily maximum snowfall total set for April 15
New Record: 12.7 inches set on April 15, 2018
Old Record: 9.7 inches set on April 15, 1961.
Record cold high temperature set for April 15
New Record: 26 degrees set on April 15, 2018
Old Record: 28 degrees on April 15, 1951
Top 3 greatest 1-day snowfall totals at Duluth, MN for the 2017-2018 snow season
April 15: 12.7 inches
October 27: 10.6 inches
February 24: 6.2 inches
Interesting that our biggest snowfall events came in late October and mid April during the 2017-2018 snow season.
Weather Tidbits for Duluth, Minnesota
•April 2018 continues to be the coldest April on record with an average temperature through the 15th of 24.2 degrees (-11.9 degrees below average)
•Annual snowfall total for 2017-2018: 91.7 inches (Average is 86.1 inches) If we don’t get anymore snow the rest of this season, will still finish above average for 2017-2018.
•April 2018 currently ranks as 8th snowiest April on record with 18.3 inches of snow. The snowiest April on record occurred just a few years ago in 2013 with 50.8 inches of snow.
Note: Historic April 13-15, 2018, Blizzard Storm Summaries from various National Weather Service Offices
Sioux Falls, South Dakota — https://www.weather.gov/fsd/20180414-blizzard
La Crosse, Wisconsin — https://www.weather.gov/arx/apr1418
Green Bay, Wisconsin — https://www.weather.gov/grb/041518_blizzard
Marquette, Michigan — https://www.weather.gov/mqt/AprilWinterStorm
Weather Synopsis
Northwest flow aloft covered the upper Midwest today behind this past weekend’s powerful winter storm. Mostly cloudy skies over most of the area today but there has been some partial clearing during the afternoon which allowed for some peeks of sun. Highs today still no-where close to where they should be for mid April with highs in the upper 20s to middle 30s (Should be around 50 degrees on April 16)
Partly to mostly cloudy skies for tonight with some snow showers and flurries in extreme northeast Minnesota and over in Iron County in northwest Wisconsin where some lake effect snow will persist tonight. Lows will be in the teens and 20s but a few spots could dip into the single digits if skies clear enough.
Should have more sun for Tuesday compared to what we saw on Monday. Highs in the mid 30s to low 40s.
Our next system to keep an eye on looks like it will stay far enough south to bring any significant amount of snow to northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin but there could be some flurries or snow showers impacting parts of the area on Wednesday but little or no accumulation is expected the way it looks now. Easterly wind returns for Wednesday but shouldn’t be nearly as strong as it was this past weekend.
Note: The good news is that it finally looks like will have an extended period with at least average temperatures starting late this week which should carry over into next week per long range model trends. Daytime highs near 50 or into the 50s are expected over most of the Northland, could even climb into the 60s, which if that happens would actually be above average for a change!
Forecast for Duluth and Superior
.Tonight… Partly to mostly cloudy. Breezy. Low 19 to 24. Wind north to northwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
.Tuesday… Partly cloudy. High 37 to 42. Wind north at 10 to 20 mph becoming east.
.Wednesday… Mostly cloudy. Flurries possible. High 30 to 35. Wind east to northeast at 10 to 20 mph.
Average temperatures for Tuesday
High: 50
Low: 31
Sunrise Tuesday: 6:17 AM CDT
Sunset Tuesday: 8:00 PM CDT
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